Faculty/Author Profile

Laura Riposo VanDruff

Federal Trade Commission

Assistant Director, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection

Washington, DC, USA

Laura Riposo VanDruff is an Assistant Director of the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. An experienced litigator, she supervises matters relating to violations of U.S. laws enforced by the Commission regarding the privacy and security of consumer information. Ms. VanDruff also manages privacy and security initiatives at the Commission, including the Commission’s study of security in the mobile device ecosystem and its Stick with Security and Start with Security initiatives. She served as trial counsel in the agency’s first administrative litigation alleging that a company failed to provide lawful security for consumers’ personal information. Ms. VanDruff is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law.